Sylvia's Scenario

We've been eating this recipe a lot lately because the cauliflower has been looking so good in the stores. Even Trader Joe's, who usually only has pre-packaged produce, had whole, fresh, cauliflower so I grabbed one.  I have a bunch of recipes piled up to post and now that we're snowed in,  I'm getting caught up.  It snowed again last night so here we go again! But I did have to go out today for my morning Pilates class that I usually walk to but the the sidewalks were too slushy so I drove the one mile.  I walk to Pilates 3X/week and walk to  Barre 3  2X/week.  There is a Barre 3 class everyday that I can go to but I usually just go 2X week because I also go to Pilates.  I feel so lucky that I can walk to everything in our neighborhood.  We even started walking to church on Sundays.  The furthest anything is around here is less than two miles.  We really wanted a neighborhood with a high walk score when we moved back to S...

We are still having soup weather around here as we just got a couple more inches of snow last night.  Winter is not over.  We feel fortunate our weather is not as bad as some parts of the country but we are still getting antsy for spring to arrive.  But not quite yet, I'm afraid.  I made this soup a couple of weeks ago and put some in the freezer to save for a day like today when we just feel like staying home all hunkered down waiting for the snow to melt.  It's no fun trying to drive around here with all our hills.  This soup warms you up real fast because it's a Mexican soup with just the right amount of spices and the best broth I think I've ever made.  After I made it, I gave some to a couple of friends and I got the seal of approval.  It's a recipe from a local chef named Charlie Midencey who works at Ovelake Golf and Country Club and this is his grandmother's recipe.  He was featured in the Sunday paper and I thought the recipe looked ...